Leather kohl container with long bamboo neck and wooden applicator

Leather kohl container with long bamboo neck and wooden

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Leather kohl container with long bamboo neck and wooden
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Leather kohl container with long bamboo neck and wooden applicator, presumably a thick knitting needle, North African, 1870-1910

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651121
Materials:
leather, bamboo and applicator, wood
Measurements:
height 245 mm
length 80 mm
neck: diameter 28 mm
applicator: length 208 mm
applicator: diameter 13 mm
type:
kohl containers